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New additions to the Events Calendar: September 23rd, Thursday 8pm 92Y Tribeca presents – Irrational Reactions: The Animated Worlds of John R. Dilworth September 24th & 25th 92Y Tribeca presents…
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The Rauch Bros: First Five StoryCorp films
At a time when each month brings news of another NY animation talent departing for the West Coast (we just waved goodbye to the talented animator/director Dan Forgione, for instance), it’s a gift to our community that we have Tim and Mike Rauch (pictur…
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Four Paintings: One Lesson
Above is a series of four paintings my dad made over one week in 1963. Two years out of Cooper Union, he was working as an art director at a small ad agency. During a rare slow week he used his time to make these paintings with whatever art materials w…
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ASIFA-East warmly thanks Elliot Cowan for all his hard work these past two years! He will be sorely missed here, but I’m sure you will all see him around. Please…
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With the arrival of Labor Day and the end of summer fast approaching, ASIFA-East ends its hiatus and is back in full effect with tons of exciting events planned this…
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Spinning Animation for the Web
As we all know, people have been making commercial animation for the Web for more than a decade. At the beginning, Web animation was a shaky speculation. Some companies tried to use it to create a sort of TV channel-style destination, speculating with …
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New additions to the Events Calendar: August 28 & 29 11:05am IFC presents – Summer Wars September 1st – 14th Film Forum presents – My Dog Tulip September 3 –…
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Battling The Non-Spontaneous Side of Animation
*drawing above from my new indie film in-progress. The busier I get, the more determined I get to jam in some time to work on personal projects. I mentioned a few posts ago that for the short films I’m making for Sesame’s Word on the Street series, the…
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MST3K and Me
*above images from MST3KWhen I first saw this Mystery Science Theatre 3000 in 1995, it had already been on air for five or so years. In 1995 I was still living at home and since we never had cable TV I had missed out on the quirky series, until my bos…
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Virtual Animation Studio 101
*above image from a series of six shorts I directed for the wine-themed cable series “Uncorked” in 2006 & 07, which laid the groundwork for my virtual studio. Storyboard and design by my pal Jason McDonald.I didn’t set out to work this way, but it’s be…
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